Nichijou, Vol. 8

日常 (Nichijou) #8

by Keiichi Arawi

mundane madness

a u.f.o. causes yuuko’s lunch to come out her nose. ms. nakamura tries an adorable new ploy. mihoshi’s big plan backfires. mai successfully dodges a trap. hypnosis doesn’t work, until it works all too well. and weboshi might actually be able to read minds...

Genres: Manga, Comedy, Humor, Graphic Novels, Slice Of Life, Fiction, Comics

196 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 2012

About the author

Keiichi Arawi (あらゐ けいいち, Arawi Keiichi) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator.
Arawi was born in the prefecture of Gunma in 1977. He started his comics career at age 19 and for about a decade he published short stories. His series Nichijou, a slice of life comedy manga, was first serialised between 2006 and 2015 in the magazine 'Shonen Ace', and collected in ten volumes. In 2011 Nichijou was adapted into a 26-episode anime directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, now considered a cult. From 2016 to 2021 Arawi worked on the comedy manga CITY. In 2022 he resumed the serialisation of Nichijou, as well as starting a new strip called Amemiya-san.

Reviews

[Celia Burn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely witty except sometimes the humor and antics don't fluidly come through in the manga as much as the anime, but it's well worth reading slowly to catch all the clever nuances and fantastic callbacks.

[LG (A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ms. Nakamura continues to try to capture Nano. Yuuko hypnotizes various students, with varying degrees of success. The newspaper subscription guys are back and trying their best. Misato thinks her younger sister Mihoshi is in love with Sasahara. There's an extended flashback to Mai's middle school days as a transfer student from Alaska, more hair-related humor, and we finally meet Ms. Sakurai's father, who turns out to be a narcoleptic novelist.

Definitely better than the previous volume. More characters are getting the spotlight, which is helping to keep the jokes fresh. I like the way some of the jokes extend across multiple strips and morph along the way.

My one issue was that the middle school flashback was a bit sudden and jarring.

Extras:

A few full-color pages and a page introducing some of the people Yukko, Mai, and Mio knew back in middle school.

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)

[Tyler Black · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely one of the funniest books in the series. Nichijou keeps you coming back for more laughs. A definite read. Nichijou's sense of humor is downright witty and keeps you coming back for something else to laugh about.

[genrejourneys · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: 5/5

The eighth volume of “Nichijou” really impressed me. Not only were most of the jokes absolutely perfect (Aioi’s rewriting of history got me on almost every panel), but the ability to balance the cast, occasionally tug at my heartstrings, and catch me so off guard eight volumes in really speaks to why “Nichijou” is such a classic.

[Pinja · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nää tarinat alkavat jo toistamaan toisiaan. Ainoastaan keskivaihe oli hyvä, hymyilin pari kertaa.

[Nam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the last one about adults vs children. Why can't adults act like kids?

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ha.

[georgiaotaku · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5* all the jokes hit in this one and it wasn’t repetitive!

[Ludwig Aczel · Rating 4 out of 5]

7/10

[DJ Linick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume has some bits that I don't remember in the anime, so that was fun!

[Trent · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[Slater · Rating 3 out of 5]

(3.5)

[aris · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 1/2– took me forever to read bc I got kinda bored but it still made me laugh a few times

[Emmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't remember any of these stories from the anime....so it was really fun to get some brand-new Nichijou content when I thought I had seen it all. This leaves me hopeful for the rest of the series!

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

まスターピース

[David Doel · Rating 4 out of 5]

To be truthful, I'm disappointed. This is not the worst series I've read by a long way, but I keep feeling it could have been so much better.